Semantic differential is a type of a rating scale designed to measure the connotative meaning of objects, events, and concepts. The connotations are used to derive the attitude towards the given object, event or concept. Osgood's semantic differential was designed to measure the connotative meaning of concepts. The respondent is asked to choose where his or her position lies, on a scale between two bipolar adjectives (for example: "Adequate-Inadequate", "Good-Evil" or "Valuable-Worthless"). Semantic differentials can be used to describe not only persons, but also the connotative meaning of abstract concepts—a capacity used extensively in affect control theory. The Semantic Differential (SD) measures people's reactions to stimulus words and concepts in terms of ratings on bipolar scales defined with contrasting adjectives at each end. An example of an SD scale is: Usually, the position marked 0 is labeled "neutral," the 1 positions are labeled "slightly," the 2 positions "quite," and the 3 positions "extremely." A scale like this one measures directionality of a reaction (e.g., good versus bad) and also intensity (slight through extreme). Typically, a person is presented with some concept of interest, e.g., Red China, and asked to rate it on a number of such scales. Ratings are combined in various ways to describe and analyze the person's feelings.
Commonly used scales in marketing research to measure subjective feelings include Likert scales, semantic differential scales, and visual analogue scales. These scales allow researchers to quantify attitudes, perceptions, and emotions of consumers towards products or brands.
Semantic differential scales, developed by Charles Osgood (1957), are used when researchers desire interval data where the data can be arranged in order and measured. Semantic differential scales measure a person's attitude toward concepts and may be useful in situations with different age groups or cultures because they are easy for the researcher to construct, easy for the respondent's to use and provide reliable quantitative data. Semantic differential has been applied to marketing, operations research, and personality measurement. An example of its use is to evaluate products and services, employee surveys, and customer satisfaction surveys.
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The semantic differential disadvantages are a shortage of standardization, and the amount of divisions on the scale is a major issue. If the divisions are too few the scale is inaccurate and if the divisions are too many the scale goes beyond and discriminates.
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Likert Scale How do you feel about Hot dogs?1 2 3 4 5 Love them Like them They're OK Dislike Them Hate ThemSemantic DifferentialHow do you feel about Hot dogs? 1 2 3 4 5 Love them Hate Them
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